Posted by Sara Campbell on Sep 08, 2010   

Marty Sullivan Joins to Willis

New York, Willis Group Holdings today announced the appointment of Martin J. Sullivan as Deputy Chairman of Willis Group Holdings plc and Chairman and CEO of a new business unit, Willis Global Solutions, which will oversee brokerage and risk management advisory services for Willis’s multinational and global accounts. Mr. Sullivan will be based in New York City.   In Mr. Sullivan’s role as Deputy Chairman of Willis Group Holdings, he will report to Joe Plumeri, Chairman and CEO of Willis Group Holdings, and assist in managing and shaping the long term growth strategy for the company. He will also work with Mr. Plumer Read more…

Posted by Benjamin Turner on Sep 06, 2010   

Rea and Haga back in Winning Form at Nurburgring

Hannespree Ten Kate Honda rider Jonathan Rea and Ducati Xerox rider Noriyuki Haga were the winners at the World Championship Superbike races held at Nurburgring over the weekend. This was Rea’s fourth time in the first place slot and Haga’s second first place finish of the 2010 World Superbike Championship season.

Even though Rea and Haga were the winners over the weekend, Max Biaggi of Aprilia Alitalia and Leon Haslam of Suzuki Alstare stole their thunder; as fans witnessed Biaggio have his championship lead over Haslam diminished. At Read more…

Posted by Benjamin Turner on Sep 06, 2010   

Althea Racing Pleased with Checa

Carlos Checa shone in last weekend’s practice and qualifying for the World Superbike Championship round held at Nürburgring in Germany. Checa, who was one of the fastest racers in the practice and qualifying session, stated that his goal was to walk away with two podium finishes for the day.

In race number one, the Althea racer achieved half of his goal as he took second place following Jonathan Rea of Hannspree Ten Kate Honda. Ch Read more…

Posted by Sara Campbell on Sep 06, 2010   

Global Reinsurers First Half 2010 Flat

London, The Aon Benfield Aggregate (ABA) analyses the financial results of 30 leading traditional global reinsurers. Today’s new report covers the first half of 2010 and reveals thatshareholders’ funds grew by 12% in the period to stand at USD235 billion. Excluding new capital issued shareholders’ funds were broadly unchanged as net income and investment gains were offset by capital returned to shareholders in the form of share buy-backs and dividends as well as negative exchange fluctuations.   Pre-tax profit rose 65% to USD15 billion. Realized gains boosted an otherwise stable investment return, which more than offset a break-even underwriting performance. Exclud Read more…

Posted by Jacob Rogers on Sep 05, 2010   

Protect Your No-Claims Bonus for Better Car Insurance Deal

You can compare car insurance quotes UK for availing various discounts and extra covers for some more protection. The most commonly availed discount is the no claims bonus that can typically help in getting a 30 per cent discount on the car insurance cost after one year of safe driving without any claims being made. This discount can raise upto 65 per cent after four years of claim-free driving record. This clearly indicates that no-claims discount is a popular option for most of the motorists. In fact, it is a good way adopted by the car insurance companies to lower down the number of claims by the car insurance customers.

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Posted by Benjamin Turner on Sep 04, 2010   

Motor Vehicle Insurance – What the Law has to Say

One thing about car insurance that makes it irrefutable is that the law set it as a pre-requisite to drive. Across states enacting laws governing motor vehicle insurance varies thus if a person tends to move a lot from one place to another well his/her situation will be changing a lot as well.

It is best if you have an ample idea on what these laws are but this is not to say that you have to memorize all the states laws of all the states in the United States. Well just a sufficing idea would not hurt.

If you are a teenager it is good to know that there are different rules across states with regards to young drivers.

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